Open AccessEffect of academic stressors on eating habits among medical students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed I AlJaber,
Abdullah I Alwehaibi,
Hamad A Algaeed,
Abdulrahman M Arafah,
Omar A Binsebayel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_455_18
Subject(s) - medicine , stressor , intervention (counseling) , stress (linguistics) , medical education , clinical psychology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy
Stress can be defined as an integral response of the organism to pressures from the internal or external environment with the aim to maintain homeostasis. Usually, it has a negative impact on human health. Medical students can feel stress during their preclinical studies due to overload of work such as assignments, lectures, and seminars. As a result, their appetite can be affected by skipping meals eating fast food.